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Release 2.0.9

VP Player - Release 2.0.9​

The new release will include the upgrades, features, and issue fixes listed below:

Release Notes for Client 2.0.9​

  • Feature: Transcriptive AI
    • With this release, VP introduces the VP AI Transcription feature. With this update, VP will automatically generate and detect subtitles in SRT, VTT, TXT, and JSON formats for each video uploaded, based on your project settings.

Key Implementations:

1.Whisper AI Integration:

  • Implementation of Whisper AI on both the API and Dashboard to facilitate automatic subtitle generation.

2.Project Settings:

  • Users can choose to enable or disable automatic subtitle generation for all videos within a project.
  • To enable the auto-generation of subtitles feature, the user should change the encoding template to the 'Transcription Job Template.'

3.Auto-generated Subtitles:

  • Auto-generated subtitles do not impact encoding time.

4.Manual Subtitle Upload:

  • Users have the flexibility to manually upload subtitles in different languages (SRT, VTT files).

5. Subtitle Management:

  • Subtitles are conveniently listed in the Subtitle tab of the Video Edit Page.
  • Users can download auto-generated subtitles in VTT, SRT, and TXT formats.

6. Subtitle Editing and Deletion:

  • Auto-generated subtitles and manually uploaded ones cannot be deleted
  • Auto-generated subtitles cannot be edited in the MVP version.

7. Project-specific Settings:

  • If auto-generated subtitles are disabled at the project level, the subtitle tab for videos will remain empty.

This release is a beta version. We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to report any issues or suggestions as we continue to refine and enhance the AI Transcription feature.

Player version v2.0.9:

  • Upgrade: Media preloading in vertical video player
  • Implemented new loading mechanism for next on the line videos to ensure a smoother experience, now the player preloads first segment of the next videos on the initial setup.
  • Upgrade: Publish date handling in video player
  • Implemented new feature to handle the publish dates and end dates of videos and live streams, by default when a video is yet to be published, the player will only display the thumbnail or in case where no thumbnail is present, a custom message will appear.
  • Fix: Tooltip Related can not be translated anywhere from the VP admin
  • Added possibility to translate “Related” tooltip on admin.
  • Upgrade: Show OTFP (on the fly packager) link on the interface OTFP link is shown at the assets of the video.
  • Upgrade: Add video author in pagination.
  • Within this release, GetVideo endpoint in the pagination returns the VideoAuthor property.
  • Upgrade: Possibility to display thumbnail image for the video before it goes live . Users now have the ability to upload and set a thumbnail image for their videos before they go live.
  • Feature: Ultra Low Latency-HLS From now on, VP supports Ultra Low Latency Streaming with delays reduced up to 4 seconds, enabling almost real-time engagement. To use this feature, select "ultra low" in the latency setting when creating the channel.
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These release notes provide an overview of the issue fixes and improvements in version 2.0.9. For more detailed technical information, refer to the documentation or accompanying resources.